Re: [squid-users] ban brute force attacks in squid through ncsa

What is the best one to use?
What runs the auth backend in squid in Linux? Would something like fail2ban
work - I thought that only did SSH?
What about mysql auth logging?

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From: "Kinkie" <gkinkie_at_gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 2:56 PM
To: "J Webster" <webster_jack_at_hotmail.com>; <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
Subject: Re: [squid-users] ban brute force attacks in squid through ncsa

> Hello,
> this kind of functionality does not really belong to Squid but to
> the authentication backend.
> Ncsa passwd check script are quite naive and usually do not provide
> that kind of protection.
>
> On 8/8/09, J Webster <webster_jack_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there anything in squid to ban brute force attacks on usernames and
>> passwords via ncsa authentication?
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> /kinkie
>
Received on Sun Aug 09 2009 - 10:31:51 MDT